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Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger announces plan to join the ACNA

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The co-founder of the largest free online encyclopedia in the world is signaling his plans to convert to Christianity after spending most of his adult life as a religious skeptic.

In a thread posted to X on Thursday, Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger announced his intention to “seek to be confirmed in early September into the Anglican Church of North America.” Sanger quipped that he was “fairly sure they’ll let me in.”

Sanger explained why he decided to join the Anglican Church, noting, “I attended a local ACNA church last Sunday, and I absolutely loved the liturgy, which I found deeply spiritual, as well as the fellowship.”

He added, “It helps that the liturgy is all on overhead projectors, and the acoustics are such that I could actually hear the sermon if I turned my hearing aids all the way up.”

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Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger announces plan to join the ACNA

The co-founder of the largest free online encyclopedia in the world is signaling his plans to convert to Christianity after spending most of his adult life as a religious skeptic
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PloverWing said:
Overhead projectors? What are you doing, ACNA?

But, more seriously, I'm glad he's found a church home and a relationship with God. May he be blessed in this new path.
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I find it interesting which Church he chose, ya know?

ACNA is quite small. There are none in my state.

I think there used to be an independent Anglican parish and Old Catholic parish in my state years ago, but both permanently closed.
 
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RileyG said:
I find it interesting which Church he chose, ya know?

ACNA is quite small. There are none in my state.

I think there used to be an independent Anglican parish and Old Catholic parish in my state years ago, but both permanently closed.
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I was a bit surprised that he chose the ACNA (rather than the Episcopal Church :) ), but Wikipedia tells me he was raised in the LCMS, and the ACNA has a similar flavor, so that makes some sense.

ACNA churches are more numerous in my area -- perhaps because I'm in a densely populated area, or perhaps because I'm not too far from Pittsburgh, one of the original groups that formed the ACNA.
 
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PloverWing said:
I was a bit surprised that he chose the ACNA (rather than the Episcopal Church :) ), but Wikipedia tells me he was raised in the LCMS, and the ACNA has a similar flavor, so that makes some sense.

ACNA churches are more numerous in my area -- perhaps because I'm in a densely populated area, or perhaps because I'm not too far from Pittsburgh, one of the original groups that formed the ACNA.
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Quite interesting!

I’m in Nebraska!

Episcopal Churches tend to be in the city in my state only.

There are plenty of ELCA Lutheran Churches all throughout the state, though. Probably because so many Nebraskans have German ancestry. Actually, I think there is more LCMS Lutheran Churches in Nebraska, I’m not sure.

The largest denomination in my state is Catholic which is the Church I belong to.

It’s my understanding many Episcopalian Churches exist in the northeast and south. They are relatively rare in the Midwest for some odd reason.

There was one in my small college town, interesting enough.

I wonder why that is?
 
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RileyG said:
Quite interesting!

I’m in Nebraska!

Episcopal Churches tend to be in the city in my state only.

There are plenty of ELCA Lutheran Churches all throughout the state, though. Probably because so many Nebraskans have German ancestry. Actually, I think there is more LCMS Lutheran Churches in Nebraska, I’m not sure.

The largest denomination in my state is Catholic which is the Church I belong to.

It’s my understanding many Episcopalian Churches exist in the northeast and south. They are relatively rare in the Midwest for some odd reason.

There was one in my small college town, interesting enough.

I wonder why that is?
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Just to be clear, I absolutely LOVE my Episcopalian brothers and sisters in Christ.

I LOVE The Book of Common Prayer and use it on a regular basis.

My neck of the woods doesn’t have many Episcopalians. I’ve only known about 3 personally and know countless ELCA Lutherans (my very small hometown I grew up in was majority ELCA Lutheran. Population was about .~1000)

That’s just been my experience in the Midwest, and as a lifelong Nebraskan.
 
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